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TORONTO -- American defenceman Seth Jones was named the top draft-eligible skater from North America by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau on Tuesday.

The Portland Winterhawks standout leads all rookie Western Hockey League defencemen with 28 points in 33 games this season. The six-foot-three, 208-pounder has eight goals, 20 assists and a plus-29 rating.

Jones, from Arlington, Texas, also helped the U.S. team win gold at the world junior hockey championship earlier this month. He aims to be just the third American-born defenceman to be drafted first overall after Bryan Berard in 1995 and Erik Johnson in 2006.

Mooseheads centre Nathan MacKinnon of Halifax is ranked second among North American skaters. He leads the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team in scoring with 55 points (23-32) in 32 games.

Mooseheads forward Jonathan Drouin of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., is third on the list, followed by Ottawa 67s centre Sean Monahan of Brampton, Ont., and Medicine Hat Tigers centre Hunter Shinkaruk of Calgary.

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